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From CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Ronald Stein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Dr. Michael Hogan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity and national security experts have explored how EV batteries and the connected technology of electric vehicles could be weaponized to cause disruption or mass casualties in a terrorist attack or actions by a disgruntled employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EV batteries possess inherent hazards (flammable electrolytes, potential for explosions\/fires under abuse) that could be exploited in malicious acts. The primary concern of cybersecurity and national security experts is the potential for EV batteries to be used as components in a novel, large-scale terrorist attack using existing technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The massive lithium-ion battery fire at Moss Landing in January 2025 exposed the unknown risks of battery plant explosions. Physicist and chairman of the Board of the California Arts and Sciences Institute, Dr. Hogan, explained the consequences for the people and the land around them that outlast the event itself for a very long time in his Epoch Time interview, \u201cThe Unknown Risks of Battery Plant Explosions in California<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest maritime pollution event in world history happened a couple of years ago, in the Azores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Matson and Alaska Marine Lines have made significant changes to their shipping policies in response to the increasing fire risks associated with transporting EVs. They have either suspended new bookings or completely stopped accepting EVs for transport aboard their vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Cybersecurity Experts Already Know<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vulnerabilities aren\u2019t theoretical. Battery management systems control critical functions: thermal regulation, charge rates, cell balancing, and power distribution. Compromise these systems, and you can trigger thermal runaway events, disable vehicles remotely, or manipulate charging patterns to destabilize local power grids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National security analysts understand something the average consumer doesn\u2019t:\u00a0scale matters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single compromised vehicle is an inconvenience. Ten thousand compromised vehicles charging simultaneously in a coordinated attack become a weapon against grid stability. When you concentrate millions of EVs in specific geographic areas\u2014California, major metropolitan regions, wealthy coastal cities\u2014you create concentrated points of vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same politicians pushing aggressive EV mandates rarely discuss these risks publicly. They promote the environmental benefits while remaining silent about the cybersecurity infrastructure required to protect interconnected vehicle networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t energy literacy. This is selective disclosure that leaves consumers exposed to risks they don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supply Chain Problem Nobody Wants to Discuss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what makes this worse:\u00a0we don\u2019t control the supply chain<\/strong>. The batteries powering electric vehicles depend on materials and manufacturing processes dominated by foreign nations. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements\u2014the majority come from countries that don\u2019t share American interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China controls approximately 80% of global battery cell production. When your national transportation infrastructure depends on components manufactured by potential adversaries, you\u2019ve created a strategic vulnerability that goes beyond simple cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question isn\u2019t whether these vulnerabilities exist. The question is whether we\u2019re building the defensive infrastructure to protect against them before widespread adoption makes the problem unsolvable. Right now, we\u2019re not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Questions Leaders Should Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we mandate widespread EV adoption, policymakers need to answer basic questions that cybersecurity experts have been asking for years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n